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Geodesy or
geodetics is the
science of
measuring and
representing the geometry, gravity, and
spatial orientation of the
Earth in
temporally varying 3D...
- −90° to +90°,
where 0° is the equator. The
geodetic latitude is the
angle between the
equatorial plane and a
line that is
normal to the
reference ellipsoid...
- The
World Geodetic System (WGS) is a
standard used in cartography, geodesy, and
satellite navigation including GPS. The
current version, WGS 84, defines...
- A
geodetic datum or
geodetic system (also:
geodetic reference datum,
geodetic reference system, or
geodetic reference frame, or
terrestrial reference...
- Adam; Kopcz,
Piotr (2014).
Loxodrome (Rhumb
Line),
Orthodrome (Great Circle),
Great Ellipse and
Geodetic Line (Geodesic) in Navigation. USA: CRC Press,...
- own, the term "latitude"
normally refers to the
geodetic latitude as
defined below. Briefly, the
geodetic latitude of a
point is the
angle formed between...
-
Coast and
Geodetic Survey Corps on May 22, 1917,
which the
service recognizes as its
official date of establishment. The
Coast and
Geodetic Survey Corps...
- The
United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS;
known as the
Survey of the
Coast from 1807 to 1836, and as the
United States Coast Survey...
-
first established by Sir
George Airy (in 1851). In 1883, the
International Geodetic ****ociation
formally recommended to
governments that the
meridian through...
-
Line and its Legend".
American Heritage. 15 (2).
Archived from the
original on
December 5, 2008.
Retrieved November 8, 2008. U.S.
Coast And
Geodetic Survey...
